I'd suggest Service Desk/Incident/Problem training whether it's V2 or V3. Sample KPIs are covered in the ITIL books. If you do an internet search for Service Desk KPIs you might find some others that are useful in your organization.

I'd suggest Service Desk/Incident/Problem training whether it's V2 or V3. Sample KPIs are covered in the ITIL books. If you do an internet search for Service Desk KPIs you might find some others that are useful in your organization.

--rpmason

Thanks for that. I have spent the last hour or so googling 'KPI Service Desk' and found some not so useful information so i came here, signed up and asked for help.

If you check my signature you will see that i have already been ITIL trained and qualified. I have not dealt with the KPI section since i completed the course which was in June 2005, hence my request for help.

I do not have my ITIL books as someone 'borrowed' them from my office._________________IT Service Desk Manager
ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate Holder

Do you still have the foundation course materials ?
You can go to the ITIL web site - usually linked by the country itsmf site

The Glossary and the pocket book are on line.

The pocket book is in PDF form and download able

To help you out / give you hints

You are exposed to KPIs all time if you follow sports, the market, etc. they may be called something else but they are basically the same

ONE LAST THING: The forum and its posters are not here to act as an replacement for engaging your brain, etc. We will not give you the answer because the answer is subjective and content oriented. The best answer we give is... IT DEPENDS.

You have to spend effort - time,money, etc - to get the knowledge and reap the benefits.

If you dont make mistakes, do your own search and gain knowledge, how would you gain experience

After all, you can light the fire for a man and keep him warm for 1 cold night or you can make him the Wicker Man and he will be warm for ever_________________John Hardesty
ITSM Manager's Certificate (Red Badge)

Trebz, I doubt very much that you "manage an ITIL Service Desk". I suspect that you mange an IT services Service Desk and that your processes have some attributes derived from ITIL.

I don't do idiots' guides. My managers' guides for this question is:

1. determine what things are important about the performance of the service desk.
2. determine how to measure these.
3. set up a process to perform the measurements and a process to do something with the measurements... and a review process.

If you don't understand what the performance requirements are then you will not be able to identify the KPIs. If you do understand then you do not need to ask us what they are or what to do with them.

It should all go back to why you "need to turn things up a notch." I suspect you need to articulate that and then consider exactly what needs improved and then focus on that.

The idea that throwing KPIs at a system and expecting improvement is no more logical than throwing a tantrum at the system. The only way to improve a system is to analyse what it does and how it does it and how much it costs to do it and then try to make it do the same for less or more for the same._________________"Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of time, and instructs those that have business depending, both what to do and what to hope."
William Penn 1644-1718

I have never had to setup KPI's in the past so im not sure where to start.

You can use the GQM (Goal - Question - Metric) framework.

Start by asking yourself: what is my goal? What goals were set for me? If you have none, make one up by looking at what can be improved. Ask feedback from your team, their input can be a nice source of information. Once you have some basis for goals, present them to your boss. Remember, goals have to be SMART: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely.

Once the goals are validated, ask how you can reach them by asking questions around those goals. Ask as many as possible because not all of them (and especially those that usually come up first) are not easy to measure.

Finally, for each "good" question you have, define a metric. Define it very precisely and be ready to stick to that definition for some time: it's better to keep a slightly inadequate metric than to fiddle with it every day. Define what data points are going in, and what data points are going out. Define when it is measured. Define how it is calculated, and automate it if possible (automation forces clear definitions).

Then measure those metrics for a number of time intervals so that you can define a baseline. After that, start applying your measures/improvements ideas (I doubt that you have the manpower to apply them all at the same time ) and see your metrics go in that direction you defined.

As for uptight. No. What we the heavy posters in the forum are IT Professional using / advocating / etc about ITIL, Best practice and such like

What irritates me and i think it goes for all is when people post things asking for a solution when 1) there is no 'official solution' and 2) they have failed to engage brain and think

The forum gets posts like

what is ITIL
Is this tool ITIL certified
I want my web site ITIL compliant
Can I do ... in Incident mgmt
what font should i use in Problem mgmt (exaggeration yes)
Can you provide me with everything you know about ITIL so i dont have to learn any thing and have to use my mind (more exaggeration)
Can you post the contents of V3 for me (not exaggeration)
Can you tell me where i can find cheats to pass the itil exams
I am doing the self study course.. can you help me answer ....
where can I get training in lower upper outoftown ?
what web site should I go to register for a itil course
I search the web and can not find training course in my area
and so on

I (We) get tired of moronic questions by people who are too lazy to do something, learn something or try to get IP (intellectual property) for free rather than paying for it.

So you can take your comment about us being uptight and shove it in the deleted bin.

Now as to the KPIs he wants. We have done what our purpose is .. try to give him enough information to find the information himself so that he can learn

Everything in ITIL is subjective - The company u work at, the culture of the company, the country, the industry, the tools you use and the staff you have to fill the company and the it department.

So if you really want, us uptight people will merely post

It depends

for all answers

Going to the bar for a corona_________________John Hardesty
ITSM Manager's Certificate (Red Badge)

UK Viking - I do appreciate your point - but I do think Vinnie2k also has a point.

Maybe the rule shoule be if you can't say anything helpful then do not post a reply.

The problem being that some of the response posts I have seem do seem to 'attack' - I understand your frustration at the 'stupidity' of some questions, but I am sure you would not want to discourage new peoiple from participating - so maybe just ignore those posts that annoy you?